Read each line from Hans Magnus Enzensberger's The Number Devil. Use the drop-down menus to decide what it indicates. "All I want is to perk you up a little, and since I'm off duty most nights, I thought I'd spare you those endless slides you've been going down."This indicates that the Number Devil . "That's no way to talk to a devil," he shouted, his eyes sparkling, and he trampled the grass until it was all flat. This indicates that the Number Devil . "But mathematics, my boy, that's something else again!"This indicates that the Number Devil